Svedganga

Vinda Karandikar

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Vinda Karandikar's first collection of Marathi poems, published in 1949. Its title means "River of Sweat", and the poems speak for working people and the new republic in a plain, muscular voice that broke with the romantic verse of the time.

GenrePoetry· first published 1949

Vivek’s Notes

Karandikar won the Jnanpith Award in 2003 for his lifetime contribution to literature. A poet par excellence, he also contributed to Marathi literature as an essayist, critic and translator. With Vasant Bapat and Mangesh Padgaonkar he gave public recitals of their poetry in towns across Maharashtra for many years. His major works include "Svedganga" (River of Sweat, 1949), "Mrudgandha" (1954), "Dhrupad" (1959) and "Jatak" (1968).